PERSON
Mi & Marie Lee Lew Item Info
Born
1910
Occupation
Restaurateur
Interviewers
Sam Schrager
Locations Mentioned
Origin
Came to Spokane from China in 1920
Residence
Moscow
Interviews
Mi & Marie Lee Lew Interview #1, 11/20/1975
November 20, 1975
1:40:33
Sam Schrager
Reasons Chinese came to America. Their fathers' early American experiences. Growing up in Walla Walla. Cooperative truck gardening. Herb doctoring in Spokane. Family structure. Subsistence...
businesses
customs
doctors
families
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Mi & Marie Lee Lew Interview #2, 12/10/1975
December 10, 1975
1:31:52
Sam Schrager
Role of Christianity in adapting to America. Loans and debts. Running Moscow cafe in the depression. Return to China in 1929. Spokane Chinese community. Tongs....
Christianity
Great Depression
businesses
churches
+18
Mi & Marie Lee Lew Interview #3, 1/20/1976
January 20, 1976
1:57:04
Sam Schrager
Separation of families. Her immigration to America. Chinese community building in Walla Walla. Social controls within community. Life of truck gardeners. 1-20-76 1.9 hr 54p...
Christians
customs
elderly
families
+11
Mi & Marie Lee Lew Interview #4, 10/7/1976
October 07, 1976
2:06:00
Sam Schrager
Discrimination in the twenties. Universities' social activities for Asians in Moscow and Pullman. Restaurant work. Fate of people returning to China. Youth in Walla Walla....
Chinese Americans
Christians
Great Depression
+27
Locations Map
Interview Topics
- Title:
- Mi & Marie Lee Lew
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Source
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- "Mi & Marie Lee Lew", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/lew_miandmarie.html
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